Improvement in supporters for men s drawers



E. R. CLEAVELANIL Supporters for Men's Drawers;

Patented April 15, 1873.

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ELIAS R. CLEAVELAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUPPORTERS FOR'MENS DRAWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,761, dated April15, 1873 application filed November 23, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulSupporter for Drawers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull and correct description of the same, referencebeing had to theaccompan yin g drawing, in which Figure 1 represents one of my improvedsupporters applied to use. Fig. 2 is a top view of the supporter. Fig. 3is a side eleva tion, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view, of the same.

' The same part is marked by the same letter of reference in the severalfigures.

My invention consists in a supporter for drawers formed of elasticmetal, provided with a hook, upon which the drawers are suspended, andhaving an upper lap which hangs upon the upper edge of the waistband ofthe pantaloons, said lap being provided with inclined teeth to preventthe supporter from slipping up and becoming detached from thepantaloons, all as hereinafter set forth.

The shape of myimproved supporter is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 ofthe drawing. a marks the back-plate; b, the lap or frontplate; 0, theinclined teeth; and d, the hook upon which the drawers are supported.

In use the drawers areto be attached to the hook dand the lap b slippedover the waistband of the pantaloons. The elasticity of the metal causesthe supporter to clamp the drawers and pantaloons together, while theteeth 0, penetrating the cloth of the pantaloons, prevent the supporterfrom becoming detached therefrom.

I claim- The elastic metallic supporter hereinbefore described,consisting of the back-plate a, lap b, teeth 0, and hook d, allconstructed and operating in the manner specified.

The above specification of my said invention signed and witnessed atBoston this 29th day of October, A. D. 1872.

' ELIAS It. CLEAVELAND.

Witnesses WILLIAM W. SWAN, H. JULIUS SMITH.

